Role of Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein tyrosine phosphatase A in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis
One of the main mechanisms by which the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), survives in the host macrophage is by its capacity to arrest phagosome acidification and fusion with lysosomes. This Mtb feature is associated with phagosomal exclusion of the Vacuolar H...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42331 |